Credit-reporting companies and debt collectors have previously opposed the policy, which could face political and legal ...

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their ...

Two trade groups filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claiming it exceeded its authority and ...

Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering ...

Debt collectors sued in Texas federal court to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ban on medical debt in credit ...

Debt collection trade group ACA International and Specialized Collections Systems, a Houston-based debt collector, filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleging its medical ...

The Biden Administration announced an initiative Tuesday to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit ...

A trade group representing consumer credit reporting companies and a Texas-based credit union association have filed a ...

If you have any medical debt, you’ll be glad to know it will no longer appear on your credit report. On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the finalization of a rule ...

The CFPB said the new rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent ...